Houston...we have a problem....

THIS

OR THIS???

Yes...we have a bit of a problem at our house...we are divided :)! Don't know how

we're going to make it the next 3 months....good thing we love each other!!! Even little Garrett tells me every day who HE'S going to vote for! (I haven't had the heart to tell him he has to wait another 13 years.) It makes our nightly dinner conversations a little bit more exciting than "What's the best part of your day?..." We are a household full of strong opinions that's for sure! (Go Obama!!!) oops.....

Best Friends

Mara and Emily are best friends. They can play for hours and not get tired of each other! Mara came over this morning and they spent 45 minutes washing my sliding door with water:)! I have to limit Em to water or she will go through a whole spray bottle of window cleaner in one setting! Love those little girls!

The Rest of the Trip....

Interestingly enough, we had a definite routine at the Lake. Every day was the same...Here was our schedule:

- Wake when the sun rose.

- Eat breakfast

- Go out on the boat and knee board, wake board and ski.

- Come back to camp and eat lunch

- Go for a swim

- Go back out on the lake to tube

- Come back to camp and eat dinner.
- Fish and play in the sand until it was too dark to see :)

- Light up the lantern, play some competitive UNO, eat oreo's and pudding.

- Go to bed!

It was pretty funny - because there was never any change in our routine...all the kids wanted to do was be on the BOAT!

The big kids exploring on their rafts.

Emily making cake...her favorite thing to do!

Mark and the boys swimming.

Mud fights - the kids had LOTS of mud fights!

Don't you love the sand in the braces?

Nicko fishing....

He caught one...actually -he caught quite a few!

My little Garrett!

more to come....

Lake Powell Day 1

I know these days, I'm a little slow on the bandwagon...but I'm finally getting around to posting our annual week in heaven. This year was a first for our little family. We were ALONE!!! It was a little strange at first and definitely a ton of work, but once we were there and all set up it was an amazing week. We felt like we were all alone in our little world. Here is our camp - Mark made our shade structure and it held up perfectly all week. The first day there, we spent most of the day setting up camp and then relaxing....

Camp

Camp view from our tents.

Mark and the tents - Jordan and Nick shared the little one - the rest of us in the big one. Lucky for them, their little tent held up the best! One night, we had some crazy wind. Mark was up half the night holding up the tent. Finally it calmed down and he went out to check on the boat only to find out the the anchor had come up. We had to wake up Jordan and Nick - it took a few minutes as they were zonked! Nick stood outside our tent and held it up off of the girls and Jordan came down to the water with Mark and I to help with the boat! It was quite the night!!!

Notice the potty tent! I love that thing! :)

Funny...

My Nicholas:

"Mom...I've decided I never want to become a famous person! Do you know why? (continuing without waiting for reply :) ) I never want to end up on that show - (in a deep voice) "Where are they now?""

My silly boy!